Students suffer the double burden of malnutrition - hunger and obesity. This results in stress, ill health, poor academic results and increased drop-out rates.
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Fat-shaming is as ineffective as it is cruel. The bullying tactic also ignores the biological factors underlying obesity, which are not always under a person's control.
The Democratic candidates hoping to replace Trump in 2020 debated a host of critical issues but never brought up the equally important challenge of Americans' food security.
Societal pressures make it hard for people living in low-income areas to change their ways.
It may not be such a bad habit after all.
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It’s not enough to simply promote healthy eating and exercise without considering South Africa's very real environmental and structural constraints.
Diets like mono, charcoal detox, Noom, time-restricted feeding and Fast800 are growing in popularity. Here's what the evidence says about them.
Targeting kids with a weight loss app could perpetuate body image issues and lead to disordered eating. Yes, childhood obesity is a problem – but we must tread carefully when delivering solutions.
A new test which capitalises on existing knowledge and technology will increase diagnoses, speed up the process and save the NHS millions of pounds.
Our new study finds in Australian supermarkets, the lower the health star rating, the higher the discounts. The time is ripe for a national conversation about making discounts healthier.
Almost all drugs are tested in living animals before human clinical trials. But most of the time what works in mice doesn't work in humans. That's why lab-grown human livers may be so valuable.
Sport is only one way of being active and it's usually done at particular times and on particular days. Teens should get physical activity throughout the day, every day.
Obesity crisis: pizza, pastries, chips, donuts, cookies, hot dogs, and burgers – just your average school lunch.
As the rate of obesity in the US rises, transplant centers are debating whether to accept organ donations from the obese. A new study suggests that oversized hearts are safe to use.
Gut microbiota are better predictors of belly fat than diet.
A study found that grocery shoppers who could change their orders were more likely to swap produce for junk food than the other way around.
Scotland successfully targeted its smoking problem, now it needs to do the same for obesity.
The effectiveness of healthy-eating nudges increases as their focus shifts from thinking, to feeling, to doing.
There is a huge variety of sugar substitutes available. What's the difference? Is one better for controlling blood sugar levels for diabetes? Is one better for individuals trying to lose weight?
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When the policies and programmes developed in Belo Horizonte were rolled out nationally, Brazil experienced a notable decline in hunger.
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Professor of Health Psychology, University of Surrey
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Australian Medical Doctor; Fellow in Global Health & NCDs, University of Copenhagen
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Professor Epidemiology & Equity in Public Health, Deakin University
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Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia
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Professor of Medicine, University of Melbourne
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Lennert Veerman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Public Health, Griffith University
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
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D.Phil. Candidate in Population Health, University of Oxford
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Executive Manager of the Obesity Policy Coalition; Senior Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Engagement, Australian Catholic University
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SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Biology and Biomedical Science, Aston University
